Benefits incidence in 2nd quintile (%) - Domestic Private Transfers -urban by country
Percentage of benefits going to the second quintile relative to the total benefits going to the population
Countries reporting
31
Highest
25.7%
Viet Nam
Lowest
4.4%
Malawi
Median
16.1%
Years covered
21
2003–2023
Data points
316
What the numbers show
Benefits incidence in 2nd quintile (%) - Domestic Private Transfers -urban is currently reported for 31 countries. The highest value is 25.7% in Viet Nam; the lowest is 4.4% in Malawi.
The median across all reporting countries is 16.1%, and the mean is 14.4%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 6.
Over the past decade 18 countries rose and 13 fell. The largest increase was in Viet Nam (up 277.7%), and the largest decrease in Malawi (down 51.6%).
Benefits incidence in 2nd quintile (%) - Domestic Private Transfers: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Viet Nam | 25.7% | 2020 | up 277.7% | rising |
| 2 | El Salvador | 20.9% | 2022 | up 15.7% | rising |
| 3 | Ecuador | 18.0% | 2022 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 4 | Panama | 17.8% | 2023 | down 28.0% | falling |
| 5 | Dominican Republic | 17.7% | 2021 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 6 | Costa Rica | 17.6% | 2022 | up 87.1% | rising |
| 7 | Sri Lanka | 17.4% | 2019 | down 10.9% | rising |
| 8 | Uruguay | 17.3% | 2022 | up 24.5% | rising |
| 9 | Peru | 17.2% | 2022 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 10 | Belarus | 16.8% | 2019 | up 9.3% | flat |
| 11 | Thailand | 16.7% | 2021 | up 26.3% | rising |
| 12 | Chile | 16.6% | 2022 | up 15.1% | rising |
| 13 | Mexico | 16.5% | 2022 | up 2.3% | flat |
| 14 | Honduras | 16.3% | 2019 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 15 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 16.2% | 2021 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 16 | Colombia | 16.1% | 2022 | up 1.9% | falling |
| 17 | Argentina | 15.9% | 2022 | up 20.4% | rising |
| 18 | Paraguay | 15.5% | 2022 | down 3.2% | rising |
| 19 | Georgia | 14.7% | 2021 | up 99.7% | rising |
| 20 | Brazil | 11.3% | 2022 | down 23.4% | falling |
| 21 | Pakistan | 11.3% | 2018 | up 50.8% | rising |
| 22 | Kyrgyzstan | 11.0% | 2020 | down 31.1% | falling |
| 23 | Mongolia | 10.6% | 2020 | down 18.0% | falling |
| 24 | Kazakhstan | 10.5% | 2021 | down 19.3% | flat |
| 25 | Poland | 10.4% | 2019 | down 12.8% | rising |
| 26 | Romania | 10.1% | 2021 | down 16.3% | rising |
| 27 | Türkiye | 10.0% | 2019 | down 29.6% | falling |
| 28 | Burkina Faso | 8.9% | 2021 | up 50.0% | flat |
| 29 | Republic of Moldova | 8.2% | 2018 | down 9.6% | flat |
| 30 | Armenia | 8.1% | 2022 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 31 | Malawi | 4.4% | 2019 | down 51.6% | rising |
About this data
Percentage of benefits going to the second quintile relative to the total benefits going to the population